Joy Dare - June 22nd

3 Gifts that are Difficult:

1- Learning to glory in my infirmities

2- Learning that weakness = strength. Laying down pride and measuring human ability against what it is.

3-  Finding the blessing in the persecution.

Joy Dare - June 21st

3 Gifts Found in Light:

1- The sun, which causes life to prosper.

2- Growth.

3- Encouragement.

Joy Dare - June 14th

A Gift...

Unexpected: Our twins!

Unwanted: Trials and testing of faith when everything seems to go wrong and you can't seem to get a leg up for being knocked back down again.

Unlikely: Compliments from strangers on days when I feel like everything is falling apart, that remind me that it's not so bad, and the battlefield of the mind is a trying one. We're our own worst enemy sometimes.

Joy Dare - June 13th

3 Gifts Smelled:

1- The sweet Ivory Soap like scent of my newborns.

2- My autumn/cinnamon scented wax melts in the wax warmer I got for mother's day.

3- The musty, humid scent of summer outside.

Joy Dare - June 11th

3 Gifts Painted:

1- The eastern sky after the evening rain

2- The long shadows of the Autumn sunset

3- Even humanity reflects His handiwork

Joy Dare - June 5th

A Gift of Peace, of Hope, of Love:

Peace: For the first time in a very long time, I am at peace with our situations and circumstances. I no longer give too much heart to what other people think. This paves the way for Joy.

Hope: I have hope for the future. That hope gives me a new song every morning, and makes life worth living.

Love: I'm a hard person to love. My husband loves me anyway. Completely and entirely. His love, like Christ's love, is healing to my soul.

Joy Dare - June 3rd

3 Gifts from Today's Conversations:

1- Hubby: "Are you talking to yourself?"
    5YO: "Yes."

2- 8YO: (Sitting next to 9YO who is holding Twin B) "She's so cute! When do you think we can start homeschooling her?"
    9YO: "When she's older, like three or something."

3- Hubby: (Seeing how exhausted and frustrated I was) "GO TO YOUR ROOM! Give me that baby and GO to your room!" ◕‿↼

Joy Dare - June 2nd

3 Gifts Funny:

1- My husband with his crazy sense of humor. He can always make me laugh, even if I'm spitting mad the moment before.

2- Clean comedy routines on Vines and YouTube.

3- Puppies. Honestly, puppies are hilarious to watch.